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Earlier today, Azealia Banks began tweeting about Sunday night's star-studded VMAs drama, putting everyone on blast for being quote-unquote "basics."
Shading everyone from Nicki Minaj to Taylor Swift to Miley Cyrus in a string of tweets, she called the VMAs a "contest of basics" filled by fights between artists who "make basic ass music" and "rip all [their] styles off the downtown NYC girls." All while making references to the gay-coined term "ki," which means a gossipy chit-chat between close friends -- perhaps referring to the collusion she believes these "basics" have.
All of y'all bitches are whack and make boring music and rip all ur styles off the downtown NYC girls
-- AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 2, 2015It's so funny to wake up and see nicki and Miley or nicki and taylor fighting when you ALL make basic ass music. it's a ki !!!
-- AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 2, 2015ITS A KI
-- AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 2, 2015ITS A CONTEST OF THE BASICS.
-- AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 2, 2015BASIC BASIC BASIC
-- AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) September 2, 2015And while everyone's opinions change over time, we remember Banks being a pretty ardent supporter of at least Minaj (her recent-ish BET exasperation re: Nicki always being nominated, notwithstanding). After all, she has tweeted out her support for Nicki's artistry and success several times and spoke out about her Madame Tussaud wax figure.
Nicki is a hard-working rap-BEAST. stop trying to degrade and BELITTLE Our culture with this fucking kkk iggy shit.
-- AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) December 4, 2014Meanwhile, no response from the "basics."